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Show Heart Attack Claims James II. Armstrong The announcement of the death of James H. Armstrong, 73, came as a distinct shock to his many friends in this community, Tuesday. He had been down town Monday morning in apparent good health and upon returning re-turning home at noon complained of not feeling so well. He was seriously Jll but a few hours when death occurred oc-curred at 10:30 p. m. that night at the family residence. A heart attack at-tack was the cause of his demise. James Henry Armstrong, 6on of William and Catherine McCradick Armstrong, was bom in American Fork January 27, 1861. He attended the early schools of the community and chose as his occupation that of farming which he successfully followed fol-lowed for years. He was employed for a number of years during the winter months by the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. at the Lehi factory. Mr. Armstrong assisted in the installation in-stallation of the first water works system of American Fork some twenty-two years ago and was caught in a cave-in while so employed em-ployed which nearly claimed his life. He served as night watchman of the city at the time Peter Logsdon, who recently passed away, was the day marshal. He married Miss Annie Jensen of American Fork in 1882, and their marriage was blessed with seven children, five of whom survive. One daughter died in infancy and another an-other daughter, Mrs. Jack Watkins, died several years ago. His wife passed pass-ed away August 29, 1929. Surviving are one son, Henry Armstrong Arm-strong of Fairfield; four daughters, Mrs. Mary Hansen, Sandy; Mrs. Louisa White, Highland; Mrs. Irene Makin and Mrs. Fern Gray of this city; a brother, Jack Armstrong of San Francisco, California, also 25 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were being held Thursday afternoon in the Fourth ward chapel as the Citizen went to press. |